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Genus KRAEMERIA Steindachner 



Kraemeria Steindachner, Sitzb. Akad. Wiss. Wien, vol. 115, pt. 1, p. 41, July 



1906 (type species, Kraemeria samoensis Steindachner). 

 Vitreola Jordan and Seale, Bull. U.S. Bur. Fish., vol. 25 (1905), p. 393, December 



1906 (type species, Vitreola sagitta Jordan and Seale). 

 Psammichthys Regan, Trans. Linn. Soc. London, ser. 2, Zool., vol. 12, pt. 3, 



p. 246, 1908 (type species, Psammichthys nudus Regan). 

 Schidokraemeria Rofen, Natural History of Rennell Island, British Solomon 



Islands, vol. 1, No. 10, p. 181, 1958 (type species, Kraemeria bryani Schultz, 



subgenus) . 



Rofen (1958, p. 181) recognized in his paper on the Rennell Island 

 fishes the following species in the genus Kraemeria: samoensis Stein- 

 dachner; bryani Schultz; cunicularia Rofen; nudum (Regan); tong- 

 aensis Rofen; and galatheaensis Rofen. 



KEY TO CERTAIN SPECIES OF KRAEMERIA 



la. Pectoral rays 7 or 8 K. samoensis Steindachner 



1&. Pectoral rays 3 to 5 K. bryani Schultz 



Ic. Pectoral rays 6 K. sexradiata Matsubara and Iwai 



KRAEMERIA SAMOENSIS Steindachner 



Kraemeria samoensis Steindachner, Sitzb. Akad. Wiss. Wien, vol. 115, pt. 1, 



p. 41, July 1906 (type locality, Samoa). — Schultz, Journ. Washington 



Acad. Sci., vol. 31, No. 6, pp. 269-272, 1941; U.S. Nat. Mas. Bull. 180, p. 260, 



1943 (key to species). 

 Vitreola sagitta Jordan and Seale, Bull. U.S. Bur. Fish., vol. 25 (1905), p. 393, 



pi. 37, fig. 1, Dec. 1906 (type locality, Pago Pago, Samoa; holotype USNM 



51784). 

 Psammichthys nudus Regan, Trans. Linn. Soc. London, ser. 2, Zool., vol. 12, 



pt. 3, p. 246, pi. 31, fig. 1, 1908 (type locality, Seychelles); Ann. Mag. Nat. 



Hist., ser. 8, vol. 8, p. 733, 1911 (Psammichthyidae). 



SPECIMENS STUDIED 



Rongerik Atoll: Bock Island, ocean reef, June 27, S-46-237, Schultz and 

 Herald, 1 specimen, 17.5 mm. 



Arno Atoll: Ine Island, June 21, 1950, Strasburg and Hiatt, 29 specimens, 

 14.3 to 25.4 mm. 



Description. — The Bock Island specimen has 19 dorsal rays, 14 anal, 



7 and 8 pectoral, and 1,5 pelvic rays. Head 3.4; greatest depth 9; 

 tip of snout to dorsal origin 2.8; aU in standard length. Snout 4.5; 

 length of pectoral fin 5.0; all in length of head. 



Body elongate, somewhat compressed, naked; lower jaw projects 

 considerably in front of tip of snout with an enlarged chin forming 

 part of dorsal profile; a few dermal cirri around the mouth on lower 

 jaw, no cirri on edges of lips; origin of dorsal fin in front of anal open- 

 ing, which is close in front of anal fin origin; operculum elongate, 

 covering base of pectoral fins; gill membranes free from isthmus; 

 lateral line not evident and no pores observed; sides of body with 

 minute dermal folds that might be scale pockets, but no scales ob- 

 served; maxillary not slipping under preorbital; minute teeth occur 



